Narrativa e romanzi

A Day of Dwarfs

Peter Everett · 1962 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Neville Spearman, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this uncommon novel by Peter Everett. Found in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition of Peter Everett's debut novel, found in the original dust wrapper. In order to bring the intensity...

The Old Devils

Kingsley Amis · 1986 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Melbourne, Auckland, Johannesburg, Hutchinson, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Kingsley Amis's novel in the original dust wrapper. First edition of The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis in the original publisher's binding and unclipped dust wrappe...

The Crossing and the Judas Factor

Ted Allbeury · 1984 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Great Britain, New English Library , 1984-1987 . First edition. Cloth. Two first edition works by British author Ted Allbeury in the original dust wrappers. First editions of The Crossing (1984) and The Judas Factor (1987) by Ted Allbeury in the original publisher's cloth...

Novels of George Eliot

George Eliot · 1892 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1892 . Cloth. A lovely five volume set of the novels of George Eliot in uniform cloth binding. A lovely set of the Novels of George Eliot in the original publisher's cloth bindings. A set of five works, all of which are u...

Valcreuse

Jules Sandeau · 1847 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Paris, Desessart, 1847. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this entertaining novel by Jules Sandeau, in the original French. A very scarce first edition.In the original French.Complete in three volumes.Following Monsieur de Valcreuse, who returns from war i...

The Dream Detective

Sax Rohmer · 1920 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Jarrolds Publishers , c1930. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of this novel by noted British author, Sax Rohmer. Fifteenth thousand. First published in 1920. Undated. Dated, from the advertisements. With twelve pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of ...

The African Witch

Joyce Cary · 1936 · Rooke Books

£105.00 (€125.86 | $138.72 | ¥22,152)

Victor Gollancz, London, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Joyce Cary's third novel, set in Nigeria in the interwar period. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Set in Nigeria against the backgro...

Celibates

George Moore · 1895 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Walter Scott, Ltd. 1895 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of three short stories by George Moore. First edition of Celibates by George Moore in the original publisher's cloth binding. A collection of three short stories including Mildre...

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet&Apos;S Nest

Stieg Larsson; Reg Keeland [trans.] · 2009 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Maclehose Press; Quercus, 2009. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of the last instalment of Stieg Larsson's award-winning Swedish crime novels. A fine copy. Reg Keeland translates the third novel in Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium series...

Waverley; or, &Apos;Tis Sixty Years Since

Sir Walter Scott · 1814 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€958.93 | $1,056.91 | ¥168,775)

Edinburgh, James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable; Longman, 1814 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of the first two volumes of Sir Walter Scott's historical novel, set at the time of the Jacobite uprising. The first two volumes only of the three volume...

Nonsense Songs and Stories

Edward Lear; Sir E. Strachey · 1894 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1894 . Cloth. The illustrated ninth edition of Edward Lear's popular collection of nonsense songs and verse. The ninth edition of this work, first published in 1870.The work of English illustrator, author and poet Edward Lear, most renowned...

An Academic Question

Barbara Pym · 1986 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1986. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this intriguing novel by Barbara Pym. A first edition, first impression copy of this work. Barbara Pym was an English novelist. This work was published posthumously in 1986 and follows Caroline Gri...

Of Mortal Love

William Gerhardi · 1936 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, Arthur Barker , 1936. First edition. Cloth. Excellent copy of the scarce first edition of William Gerardi's novel. A bright example of the scarce first edition of this work.Beautiful novel concerned with fresh love-lore, eroticism, and imagination. William Gerhar...

The Rover

Joseph Conrad · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, T. Fisher, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Joseph Conrad's penultimate novel, The Rover A first edition, first impression of Joseph Conrad's penultimate novel, The Rover. A first impression of this work, as identified by the missing 'g&apo...

The Centenary Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens · 1910 · Rooke Books

£1,575.00 (€1,887.89 | $2,080.80 | ¥332,276)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1910-1911. Cloth. A centenary edition of the works of Charles Dickens in a smart thirty-six volume set, with numerous illustrations. The centenary edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding.A stamp depicting Charles Dickens is a...

Mantissa

John Fowles · 1982 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Boston, Little, Brown and Co, 1982 . First edition. Cloth. A fine copy of the Limited Edition first US edition of John Fowles's 1982 novel, signed and in the original slip case with pictorial onlay by Pablo Picasso. The first US edition, first impression. Number four-hund...

The Italian Novelists Selected from the Most Approved Authors in That Language: From the Earliest Period Down to the Close of the Eighteenth Century: Arranged in an Historical and Chronological Series. Translated from the Original Italian. Accompanied with Notes, Critical and Biographical

Thomas Roscoe [ed., trans.] · 1825 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, Septimus Prowett, 1825. First edition. Fine Binding. A first edition of Thomas Roscoe's translations of popular Italian works. Complete in four volumes. Four volumes of popular Italian works compiled and translated by Thomas Roscoe. A first edition of this transla...

The Lessing Murder Case

Sydney Horler · 1935 · Rooke Books

£94.00 (€112.67 | $124.19 | ¥19,831)

London, Collins, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, signed copy of this thrilling mystery novel by best-selling author, Sydney Horler. The scarce first edition, second impression. Published in the same month as the first. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding...

A Prospect of the Sea

Dylan Thomas · 1955 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1955. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of short stories and essays by Dylan Thomas. First edition, first impression. Edited and arranged by Daniel Jones. Illustrated frontispiece. Includes: 'A Prospect of the Sea&apos...

My First Horse

Siegfried Sassoon; Lionel Edwards; A. F. Tschiffely; Cynthia Asquith; Laurian Jones; Vic Oliver · 1947 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Peter Lunn, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this collection of reminiscences from many authors. First edition. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece and nineteen in-text drawings and sketches. Thoughts on Horses and Hunting by Si...